Anything But Gray

Jon is on Idol tonight….
I can't WAIT!

Danielle gets in tonight at 10pm. I CAN'T WAIT!!

I still need to post pics of my hair….
tonight, I'll get pics tonight…maybe.
HA!! How funny is this, Kim….DANIELLE is going to see my hair before YOU do!!
What a friggin' crack up!!!
Anyway….

J went to Maine on a business trip and she blogged about it.
She was talking about how there was tons of outlet stores.
For some reason….all that went through my mind was I can't wait to live back east.
Then maybe I could've met her up in Maine and we could've shopped together.
Someday!!!

Cierra is over playing with Jaime and I have some stuff I want to get done and Zak will be in the door any minute.
shit…I just realized I forgot to pay Dolores (ben's daycare) today….crap.
I need to do that….oops.

WATCH IDOL!!!!

Last week was an absolute crazy whirlwind of busy.
We had something going on every single day.
Jaime had a friend over on Monday and Tuesday.
Then went over to a friend's house on Thursday.
I went and picked Jaime up and me and the mom sat and talked for awhile.
Very, very nice conversation! I really enjoyed my time there.
Jaime wound up playing with Elizabeth more than Jakin.
Just as I arrived, Jakin was leaving for a playdate and Jaime and Elizabeth and Ben had a blast!
Me and Maura (Jakin & Elizabeth's mom) talked and talked.
It is so fun for me to get to know people. Especially people that I normally would not talk to.
Not for not liking her or anything, but our paths would not cross if not for the kids.
I really like that about having kids, it forces you to be more social. It forces you to have conversations.
It has definately helped with me being so reserved around people I don't know.
I'm getting more and more "loose" every day.
I like it!
It's actually perfect timing because that "reserved" crap isn't going to fly in real estate! lol.

Then Jaime & Ben had a birthday to go to on Saturday. That was fun, too.

AND it was draft weekend…

HOLY CRAP DID YOU SEE WHO WE GOT???

RANDY MOSS!!!!
Holy fuck, we got RANDY MOSS!!!
AND WES WELKER–we snagged his ass from those silly fish earlier in the off season
HOLY FUCK WE ARE GOING TO BE HOT, HOT, SO FRICKIN' HOT this year.
This ALMOST makes up for that horrific Colts loss.
Note I said almost, I'm still not done being pissed off about that friggin' game.
How do you give up an 18 friggin' point lead in a game that decides who goes to the FUCKING' SUPER BOWL!!!
I mean COME ON, people…..it's kind of important to win this one. GEEZ!! You'd think it was a stupid preseason game or something…..Okay…see? I can't even talk about it or I get pissy. ugh.

Okay..enough of that…I know I'm boring the few people that do read this, to tears.
Forgive me, I'm excited.

Oh…by the way.
I'm BLONDE.
So blonde you need to put your sunglasses on if you stand beside me because I practically GLOW!
I LOVE IT!! I have been wanting to do this for over 10 years and my hairdresser always convinces me to just go with highlights rather than dying it all because of the relaxer I get. This time I said Nope, I want it ALL. And I LOVE it. I'll get some pics tomorrow and post. I know everyone is dying to see it. My mother will hate it. She doesn't read this blog….I betcha she hates it. You watch. lol.

So I call my sister to bitch about how cold it is here today. She's not at home, she's at a birthday party in Maine. So I ask Rick (sister's dude…) about the weather and then I say I gotta go, I'm on my way to get my hair dyed blonde. He says "You're dumb enough, why go blonde?" (Can I say I ADORE my family??) And I tell him "I know, I know…I've been giving brunettes a bad name all these years, so I figured I'd just go the other side.".
Cracked me up…..

Danielle will be here TUESDAY night! I absolutely cannot BELIEVE how fast that month went by. I can't believe she is actually going to be here. Freaky! I can't wait to see her, i can't wait to see Joey (her son). I am so excited.

It's going to be another crazy week….I can tell.

I haven't heard J's voice in a million years and I miss her terribly.
I haven't even been to her blog, I've been so swamped.
And I do that every day, faithfully.
Tomorrow…new week.
I'll read tomorrow, J. I'm thinking of you!

And my friend Kim had a thing on Friday I'm dying, absolutely DYING to hear about.

okay…I'm so babbling. Nothing is even making any kind of sense.
I just have so much going on I'm trying to get everything down! lol.

Here's to a "be-better-at-my-blog" week!

Every fit my son has ever thrown.
Every hard time he has ever given me.
Every mess he has ever made.
Every thing he has ever destroyed.
In one minute last night, my son made it all worth it.
He sent me flying.
Absolutely sky high.
Tears in my eyes and everything.

We were sitting down to dinner. We had gotten them pizza. Every Wednesday is pizza & movies night. We usually grab the pizza and movies on the way home from swimming. We didn't swim last night, but we still took them to get their pizza and movies. Anyway…we were all sitting down to eat and Ben was sitting beside me instead of sitting in his seat, which was fine with me. Ben then stands up in his chair and puts his hand on my arm and leans over a little bit so he can see my face. "You're my best friend" he says, with those big blue eyes of his. And in that second, I am floored. I honestly think I loved that little boy more at that moment than I ever have. I didn't think it was possible to love him any more than I do. But he did it. In one little sentence, that boy stole my heart. I hug him and "You're my best friend, too" and Ben and I hug. Then Jaime says "What about me?" and I look over at her to see tears in her eyes and I grab her in a hug and say "Oh baby, you're my best friend too. You are both my best friend." And she instantly lights up. Ben then climbs onto my lap saying "I want to sit here." And then says "I love my mommy".

Holy crap….I was in tears.
Zak was like wow, that'll make your day. And I say.
"That just made my life."
I could've died in that moment and I would've felt like my life was complete.
And in that moment…..ahh….bliss.

Pure joy.

What a nice weekend!

It was absolutely beautiful out. Sunshine and warm. Love it!!!

Kim stopped by on Saturday and that was awesome. I haven't seen her in forever. Plus she brought beer and her dog! Sweet! Beer to occupy us and dog to occupy the kids. lol. We sat outside and chatted and had a couple beers while the kids and Coco (her dog..) played. VERY NICE!! I'm so glad she stopped by.

The kids played outside all morning today and Zak cleaned up the yard and painted a little boat that we have back there for the kids to play with. It looks awesome! The yard and the boat. lol.
I worked on some work stuff. I was a little frustrated because I needed to scan in our new report (I redesigned it last week) and my scanner wouldn't work. I called Marky to come help me and he didn't answer. BUT I figured it out all by myself, how to fix it. And I fixed it! So after wasting half the morning trying to figure that out, I finally got it done. Well then I couldn't get the stupid thing to print the right size. So annoying. Finally got it to work and everything looks great and is done. But it took way longer than I wanted it to. I had planned on being done with that stuff by noon at the latest then I was going to scrapbook some. But that didn't happen. I napped. I love naps. I love that I have an awesome husband who so doesn't mind if I go take a nap on our one day off together.

I found out some awesome news about getting our real estate license in New Hampshire. Long story short, it's going to be WAY easier than we anticipated and I am beyond psyched. We are starting to plan and it is so exciting.

I found out that there is a scrapbook store downtown now. I went there on Friday and she had the COOLEST STUFF EVER!!!! My husband is so fucked. Shopping makes me feel better. If we fight, I want to shop. If I feel fat, I want to shop. If I have a hard day with the kids, I want to shop. If I'm in a great mood, I want to shop.  If I'm stressed about money…actually that's the only thing that makes me not want to shop. Anyway, I have a minor shopping problem and now there is a scrapbook store that I can drive to? hahahaha!!!! I'm going to have to get a job at night or something…lol. Seriously, this place is fabulous and had lots of neat stuff. She had stuff from a couple of my favorite manufacturers. I was in heaven!! I can't wait to go back!!

Jaime is having a friend over tomorrow and I am excited for her. Playdates are fun. lol. I just hope Ben doesn't drive them too crazy. It's going to be a busy day….

Yay! Happy Monday!

So, you know what I learned today?
I learned that a large ice coffee from McDonald's when dumped out, will not fill up the coin holder in my truck.
I know this because I dumped an almost completely full LARGE ice coffee into the coin holder of my truck today.
Lovely.
Really lovely considering I like extra sugar (i.e. EXTRA FRIGGIN' STICKY) in my coffee….
But on the plus side…..because it didn't reach the top of the coin holder, it all stayed in one place while I drove home so I could clean it up. And it was sunny and warm outside, so I could let the kids play while I cleaned it up.
Not so bad all in all. Luckily, Ceci had taken my car home last night with the kids, from the dance show and she so kindly cleaned most of the crap I had in there, out. Just gum wrappers, a juice box, straw wrappers…crap like that. Now if all that had been in there still, it would've been a way more digusting mess. So THANK GOD FOR CECI AND SUNNY DAYS.
It was not near the disaster it could've been .The biggest problem was the fact I had to go get another one. lol.

The show went awesome last night, Jaime did great. When it was over, they send the kids into the bleachers to sit with their parents/families. Well Jaime couldn't find us, but she spotted Dolores (Ben's daycare provider) and she ran up to her!! lol. It was so cute. She found her way back to us, so all was well. Ceci, Kayla, Ashley, another friend of Kayla's and Marky all came. Jaime had a KICK ASS cheering section!! GO PRETTY!!!!! LOL
It was a blast. I'll post pics soon.

Speaking of pics, James sent me some pics of his little boy and oh my gosh this kid is so stinkin' cute!
I miss him so much and I hate that I'm away while his boy is so little.
IT SUCKS. But I'll be back soon…I know I will.

Work is awesome. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. We have another listing and this one is really nice.
I'm excited. Cross your fingers WE sell it because it's BIG BUCKS if we do!

I'm a little anxious today. I had emailed Aaron back to say how sorry I was to hear about Chris. I haven't heard back from him yet. I'm worried that I upset him or stirred emotions up or something. He could just be busy and I know I shouldn't worry.
But I'm a girl.
It's what I do….hopefully I'll hear from him soon.

The kids are outside so I'm going to get out there and hang for a bit.
Goodnight!!

We have all had them. Crazy mad crushes. I can count on one hand how many I've had…I've had tons of "little" crushes and infatuations, but there are just a few big ones. Some of you will remember this one…..because I wouldn't shut up about him for ages!! lol.

I met him during my CB days. His handle was Creeping Death and his name was Chris. If there ever was a boy to have a huge crush on, this was the guy you wanted to like. He was so understanding and so kind about it. Not kind enough to date me, mind you….but kind nonetheless. (ha!!) He was seeing a girl, a friend of a friend and they were at a party together. Some friends and I were going to this party and when Chris found out I was on my way he actually asked this girl he was seeing to not sit on his lap or act overly affectionate while I was there!! Now, if I was the girl he was seeing, I would've been pissed….way pissed…lol…but when you think about it, it's actually a really sweet gesture. That was the Chris I remember…just a very kind, gentle guy. And he didn't look it. He looked like a punk ass rocker guy, the long hair, the concert shirts, driving a beat up truck. But if you looked in his eyes, you could tell he was different. He had a twinkle and a kindness in his eyes that just made you feel so at ease. And in my case, so lovestruck. lol. He was amazingly sweet. We got to be pretty good friends. Chris is also the only guy in my entire life that I literally took advantage of. It's a long story, but I just happened to be around a night he was very, very drunk and I maybe, might've taken advantage of his intoxicated state….I maybe, might've started kissing him, knowing his guard would be down. Things maybe might've progressed from there……
And the whole time he kept saying…..ahh, never mind…getting caught up in a memory. No need for details!! Anyway…that night became our little inside joke.

I don't think about him often, but I've never forgotten him because I always say he was my nicest crush. He was the easiest crush I ever had.
I knew his brother too, not as well though. Tina told me the other day that an old friend of hers had Aaron (Chris's brother) on her my space page. I was like no way! And I followed the link thinking how neat it would be to see what Aaron and Chris look like now and to see what they are up to.  I wound up emailing Aaron and Aaron let me know that Chris passed away a few years ago.
I am so sad. I feel so badly for the people he left behind.
I am surprised….you just don't expect that.
For people to be gone. I was so excited that I had found a blast from the past and I was looking forward to hearing how his life had turned out.
Hopefully Aaron and I will stay in touch and I will still get to hear how his life turned out and Aaron's too, for that matter. Even though Chris's life ended way too soon, there are still a lot of years in there I would love to hear about.

My thoughts are so with Aaron and his family…..

Our morning routine goes like this.
I get up at around 5-6am and get some "me" time.
I start getting ready around 7-7:15am.
Ceci sometimes comes down for a quick visit.
At 7:45am I wake up the kids and get them breakfast.
I wake Zachary up at 7:50am.
Zak and I have coffee and he watches me smoke. It used to be he smoked too, but now that he's a nonsmoker, he just watches me. lol
He goes back to get ready for work.
I get the kids dressed, lunches made, kids backpacks packed up and I finish getting ready if I'm not done.
Well sometimes if Zak has time, he will make the bed. Which I love. It's a cool thing he does for me that I really appreciate.
Anyway, I go back into the bedroom yesterday to put something in the hamper.
I open the door and see my wonderful husband making the bed.
Naked.

I think to myself…"Holy crap….hot guy making the bed, naked. God loves me!!!"
What I say is, "Sweet!!!"
Zak starts cracking up.

Now that is the way I'd like to start my day everyday!! LOL

It's sunny.
It's fairly warm.
I can't believe it!!!

I have my back door open and the kids are outside playing.
Jaime has Cierra over and all three of them are out back having a blast.
I just busted my boy running around the backyard butt ass naked.
What a freak….it ain't that nice out!! lol.

We are about to leave to bring Jaime downtown for her "rehearsal" for the big show.
That should be fun.

I'm mostly looking forward to the ride downtown.
In the sunshine.
I love it….

Work is really picking up and we have a ton of stuff going on, which is nice.
Zak saved the day for some clients. These are Buyers that we have had for literally years and they finally put an offer in on something. They didn't want to get a foundation inspector but Zachary convinced them that they should. On this particular street, Zak had a listing that had foundation issues so the whole street is suspect, in Zachary's mind. Well, the foundation guy did find problems that need to be resolved. So if Zachary hadn't convinced our clients to get a foundation inspector, this is something that would've been a big problem down the line and a huge expense for whoever owned the home at the time. (Most likely our buyers.). So they were very, very thankful for Zak. I love when things happen that just show what a damn good Realtor Zak is. I like it. Our clients really like it! lol.

Cierra's dad is going to be here any minute to pick her up, so I'm off to round these guys up and get them cleaned up to go to Jaime's rehearsal.

later!

Every year the high school dance team puts on a show for the community. Our high school actually has a kick ass dance team. The week before the show the dance team holds a dance clinic for the little kids in the community. They go to the clinic for a few hours, learn a routine and then put on a show for the parents. At the end of the show after all the groups (about 10-12) have performed, they then choose 2 or 3 groups to be in the big show. Jaime's group was picked!! She gets to be in the big show!! I'm SO excited for her! She has to go to a practice on Tuesday night and then the show is on Thursday night. We video taped it (of course!!) and she did really good!! I'm so proud!!
Here's a few pics!

Jaime dance clinic april 2007 (14)

Jaime dance clinic april 2007 (21)

Jaime dance clinic april 2007 (19)

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